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Method and system for selecting an emotional appearance and prosody for a graphical character

  • US 6,064,383 A
  • Filed: 10/04/1996
  • Issued: 05/16/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a computer system having an output device, a display device and an input device for positioning a position indicator, a method comprising:

  • (a) displaying a user interface component that is logically partitioned into at least one sub-region, each sub-region being associated with an emotion and being divided into at least one sub-area, each sub-area including a plurality of points that are associated with an emotional state, whereineach one of the plurality of points bounded within the sub-area shares the same emotional state;

    (b) in response to a selection of any one of the plurality of points bounded within the sub-area, assigning the emotional state associated with the selected point in the sub-area to a graphical character; and

    (c) generating an output that includes a representation of the emotional state assigned to the graphical character.

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